Geelong Boxing Club | Why Adults, Not Teens, Drive Most Crime — and What Real Leadership Looks Like

We’re not guessing our way through this. We’ve studied the data, the research, and the human stories behind it.

And here’s what it tells us 👇

📊 In Greater Geelong, over 80% of all recorded crime is committed by adults, not teenagers.
Across Victoria, young people (10–17) make up only around 13% of offenders, yet they’re being painted as the face of a “crime crisis.”
That’s not just inaccurate, it’s harmful.

Yes, there’s been a recent increase in youth offences about 37% in Geelong last year but if you actually LOOK AT THE DATA, you will see that those numbers reflect a small group of repeat offenders, not an entire generation.

And the reasons behind it are complex:
➡️ Disconnection
➡️ Unstable housing
➡️ Mental health strain
➡️ Adults who’ve stopped showing up consistently for them

Meanwhile, the headlines tell another story... one that fuels fear instead of responsibility.

The real story? Adults are still driving the majority of crime in our city.

And most young people are out here doing their best with what they’ve been given.

That’s why we’ve made it our job to do better.

We’ve spent years investing in ourselves, our education, our qualifications, our mentoring skills, and our emotional intelligence so the programs we run at Geelong Boxing Club actually mean something.

We’ve invested in trauma informed, evidence based training.
We’ve built programs that actually help kids regulate, reset, and rebuild.
We’ve partnered with schools, community services, and families to make sure our structure supports growth not shame.

But this isn’t just about them. It’s about us.

We’re supporting the adults in our sessions to become:
💪 More present & grounded
💬 More connected, leading with empathy and discipline.
⚡ More powerful ...the kind of power that protects and builds, not controls and blames.

If we want a city that lifts each other up, we need adults who lead by example.

We are the adults.

It’s time we started acting like it.

That means doing more than shaking fingers at kids in the media. It means taking ownership of the culture we’re creating. The stories we tell. The behaviour we model.

Change doesn’t start with punishment.

It starts with presence. And that’s what we’re building, one session, one conversation, one person at a time.